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Fedor, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lincoln-Dime Box census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78948. It stands on Bluff Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fedor quadrangle.

Fedor within Lee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

60 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Fedor between 2000 and 2020, burning about 274 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning36
Equipment and vehicle use12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking3
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTH BRANCH - 110
29 September 2011Natural4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceVIRGINIA THORNSEN
27 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2008Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePAIGE FIRE
19 September 2011Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1624 ROAD FIRE
16 September 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR339 FIRE LERCHE
1 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Storms near this place

13 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fedor in 13 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 5 flash flood, 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2012Flash FloodFedor1 killedThunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding of FM 1624 at West Yegua Creek near Fedor where a vehicle was swept off the road by flood waters. The driver of the vehicle was found dead.
August 2017FloodFedor$250,000The largest impact across Lee County with Harvey was the rainfall where as much as 20 inches fell near Giddings. The southern half of the county experienced the worst flooding with 25 homes being impacted, many of those having experienced major damage. The tropical storm force winds did bring some trees down across the county. Damage from the flooding is estimated to be near 250K dollars.
June 2007Flash FloodFedor$50,000Thunderstorms moved into Lee County shortly after midnight and produced a general 1-2 inch rain over the county. The heaviest amounts were in the Giddings area where 4 inches fell. Flash flooding was widespread across the central part of the county with many rural roads closed. Among those closed due to flash flooding were CR226, CR230, and CR231.
October 2000Thunderstorm WindFedor$20,000Severe thunderstorm winds knocked over trees and small outbuildings.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindFedor$10,000Severe thunderstorm winds estimated at over 50 knots blew down numerous large branches from trees.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindFedor$1,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 50 mph that broke tree limbs up to six inches in diameter.
April 2023HailFedor-A thunderstorm produced nickel size hail west of Fedor.
May 2020HailFedor-A thunderstorm produced quarter to half dollar size hail between Fedor and Lexington.
July 2007Flash FloodFedor-Scattered thunderstorms over Lee and Bastrop Counties produced 1 to 2 inch general rain amounts with up to 3 inches north of Lexington. Numerous county roads were closed, including CR309, CR315 and FM112, which was closed near Milam line.
March 2007Flash FloodFedor-From 2 to 3 inches of rain fell in the afternoon and evening over western Lee County, closing rural roads for much of the early evening. FM1624 was closed near Fedor.
May 2005Flash FloodFedor-A general inch of rain fell between Fedor and Lexington, with up to 6 inches in isolated spots between the two towns. Flash flooding closed FM112, FM696, and FM1624 near Lexington
June 2011HailFedor-no account filed
June 2002HailFedor-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lee County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Leo5.0 miles9
Lincoln5.1 miles9
Doak Springs5.3 miles9
Manheim6.0 miles16
Blue7.3 miles15
Lexington7.4 miles15
Loebau8.1 miles9
Knobbs Springs8.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378288. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.